<<<"Too quiet"? Marcia Muller. All of the Scudder
novels after WHEN THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES.
>>>

Scudder TOO quiet? I think he is for the length that Block
writes. I just read "Even the Wicked" recently, which I
enjoyed, but it seemed more like an extended character sketch
for an older, wiser Scudder. If you look at it, it's really
three seperate stories, with only two of them really tied
together. I kept wondering how these would have worked out if
they had been 3 shorter books instead of one. But then I've
always liked my PI fic short and bittersweet.

But does that mean I'd prefer Spillane's "I, the Jury", loud,
short, and to the point? Nah. I read Spillane when I want to
go for a ride. Kind of like I listen to Metallica when I'm in
a rowdy mood, and Stevie Ray Vaughan when I want to turn it
down a bit.

J Winter

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